Female, 1.2mm bl, hatched from Willow Leaf gall. Larvae are probably parasitoids. Big Canyon, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 9/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.

Gall Midge

Lestodiplosis sp.

Diptera: Cecidomyiidae

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Gall, 7.5mm diam., from which this midge hatched, on willow at Big Canyon, Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 9/17/10. © Peter J. Bryant.